Game Thread: Jays v Twins, 6/10

[stringer bell]

Game has started. 

[stringer bell]

Julien on third, one out. 

[wabene]

PTC Julien

[Parfigliano]

2 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Julien on third, one out. 

And then K looking and popout 

[Mortimerkenny21]

Dangit, Carlos couldn't bring him home. 

[Mortimerkenny21]

Glad that turned into a lineout, but what was up with that 1st pitch "ball"? Well inside the box.

[stringer bell]

Twins:

Julien 2b

Solano dh

Kirilloff 1b

Correa ss

Larnach lf

Castro 3b

Jeffers c

Taylor cf

Ryan p

[wabene]

7 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Twins:

Julien 2b

Solano dh

Kirilloff 1b

Correa ss

Larnach lf

Castro 3b

Jeffers c

Taylor cf

Ryan p

And.... Drumroll please.... Kepler in right! 

[stringer bell]

Blue Jays:

Springer rf

Bichette ss

Belt dh

Guerrero 1b

Chapman 3b

Kirk c

Merrifield lf

Varsho cf

Espinal 2b

 Richards p

[stringer bell]

Richards is the opener? I haven’t been able to listen. 

[Nine of twelve]

I'm wondering whether game threads are going to become a thing of the past. Rumor has it...

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, stringer bell said:

Richards is the opener? I haven’t been able to listen. 

Yes

I can't remember who's next.

[wabene]

Dick said they were hoping to get 2 innings from Richards 

[stringer bell]

Immaculate inning? Not quite. Kepler fouled an 0-2 pitch. 

[CRF]

I don't know what I'd do if Kepler wasn't in there showcasing his talents. 

[Irishman]

Twins bats are terrible.  Very embarrassing.   Gotta stop chasing bad throws!  
 

Team batting avg ranks 26th.    Team ERA ranks 2nd.  

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Mitch White is going to pitch for Toronto today.

He was a guy I wanted when he was in the Dodgers org and we were all talking about the Dozier-deLeon trade (2017) Today will be his season debut.

[RickOShea]

Jays have already made adjustments against Ryan.

[wabene]

Correa, no matter how bad the at bats get, doesn't bring that shite out in the field

[wabene]

Merrifield's like a ballerina out there, lol. 

[Tlaker]

14 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

I'm wondering whether game threads are going to become a thing of the past. Rumor has it...

Apathy possibly setting in….?

[FlyingFinn]

Rough hitting strategy today - fastball down the middle, let it go (except for Julien) and changeup in the dirt, swing.

[Aggies7]

15 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

I'm wondering whether game threads are going to become a thing of the past. Rumor has it...

Well there routinely used to be 20-30 pages of posts for game threads. Now 10 pages would be considered a big day. I would state a few reasons why I think that is but don’t want to get my hand slapped…

[Aggies7]

6 strikeouts first time through the order. When are changes going to be made with the staff? You’re allowed to make changes during a season.

[wabene]

Nice couple of at bats for the Frenchman, hope that's contagious

[Parfigliano]

Julien came to play

[wabene]

Just need a single from Donnie Barrels

[Parfigliano]

Wow.

[Aggies7]

Thankfully that’s supposed to be the end of the day for Koufax

[davidborton]

5 minutes ago, Tlaker said:

Apathy possibly setting in….?

 

5 minutes ago, Tlaker said:

20 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

I'm wondering whether game threads are going to become a thing of the past. Rumor has it...

Apathy possibly setting in….?

My guess is that the mods feel that threads have too much negativity. 

My take as a new comer. The negativity does not seep into the other topics (assuming that criticism qualifies as negativity) on the forum. These forums are some of the cleanest boards I have seen.

If there are folks who chronically cross the border, message them and ask them, adult to adult, to raise the quality of posts.

Meanwhile, I have thoroughly enjoyed the boards to include game threads. Glad to hear from all of you.